Job summary
This is an exciting, new opportunity for a passionate and driven senior practitioner to take up a newly created role of the Advanced MS Pracitioner (AMSP) within the MS service at North Bristol NHS Trust. The AMSP will hold a professional registration with either the NMC or HCPC and will work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary MS service.
The post holder will provide strong leadership and effective consultancy for patients with advanced multiple sclerosis both internally and externally to the Trust and wider multi-disciplinary teams.
Coming from a strong background of advanced clinical practice and extensive experience working within neurology, the role of the Advanced MS Practitioner will guide care for people with advanced MS who are facing multiple, complex problems with the focus on maintaining and improving function and independence wherever possible.
This will be achieved by concentrating on ensuring services for people with advanced MS are optimised and will help to transform MS services for people with advanced MS.
The post holder will be given significant support to design and structure this new service around the needs of our patient cohort and will be equally supported via the MS Trust who also continue to support and offer ongoing training for this role throughout the UK.
Main duties of the job
Full details within the attached job description
In brief, this post will:
- Plan care in partnership with the person with advanced MS, and their carer, actively facilitating their choice and involvement in decision making.
- Coordinates programmes of care with other health and social care professionals
- Independently conduct neurological examinations and objective measures of patient function
- Competently review and interpret data generated through these assessments and revises the care plan in conjunction with the person with advanced MS, their carer, and other appropriate members of the team accordingly.
- Apply high-level assessment and consultation skills
- Ensure the needs of people with advanced MS who are admitted to hospital as an emergency are met effectively, reducing length of stay and risk of readmission
- Establishes systems to identify people with advanced MS who may be at increased risk of admission and develops and implements personalised action/care plans to minimise this risk.
- Facilitates access to end-of-life care and support as required.
- Identifies people with advanced MS who would benefit from access to specialist equipment such as seating, profiling beds, environmental equipment etc.
- Supports and advises colleagues who are caring for people with advanced MS to help them to deliver high quality, cost effective, specialist care, which optimises outcomes for people with advanced MS and their families.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, arts and gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping, recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastic transport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If you prefer country, village or smaller town living, our Trust is also easily commutable from a range of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales (such as Portishead or Chepstow). For band 5 Registered Nurses and ODPs, relocation support may be available. Please email Nursing@nbt.nhs.ukfor more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details within the attached job description:
Core asepects of the role include:
- Leading and Coordinating delivery of comprehensive care between different teams and organisations for patients with AMS
- Working autonomously and creatively across boundaries to implement change and improve patient care
- Establishing clear care pathways for people with advanced MS
- Promoting and providing individualised holistic care to people with advanced MS
As a development of a role initially supported across 6 pilot sites by The MS Trust, an important relationship of this new role will be to link with the national AMSC project co-ordinated by The MS Trust.
The post holder will establish key process indicators for the Service and will use audit/data collection to evaluate the impact of the advanced MS Service.
Key Process Indicators (KPIs) will include:
- Reduction in emergency bed days and hospital admissions over 6 months
- Reduction in GP appointments in patients admitted to hospital over 6 months
- Reduction of unnecessary polypharmacy
- Improvement in outcomes for patients with MS and their families
- Improved equipment provision or help to meet other specialist needs
- Instigation of advanced directives and discussion of end of life care with patients, close family and clinical agencies
- Increased support and training for other HCPs working with patients with advanced MS
To enable the delivery of the KPIs the post-holder will use their leadership skills and specialist MS knowledge to establish strong links with other key colleagues, both internally and externally including Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Community Services across the region.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full details within the attached job description:
Core asepects of the role include:
- Leading and Coordinating delivery of comprehensive care between different teams and organisations for patients with AMS
- Working autonomously and creatively across boundaries to implement change and improve patient care
- Establishing clear care pathways for people with advanced MS
- Promoting and providing individualised holistic care to people with advanced MS
As a development of a role initially supported across 6 pilot sites by The MS Trust, an important relationship of this new role will be to link with the national AMSC project co-ordinated by The MS Trust.
The post holder will establish key process indicators for the Service and will use audit/data collection to evaluate the impact of the advanced MS Service.
Key Process Indicators (KPIs) will include:
- Reduction in emergency bed days and hospital admissions over 6 months
- Reduction in GP appointments in patients admitted to hospital over 6 months
- Reduction of unnecessary polypharmacy
- Improvement in outcomes for patients with MS and their families
- Improved equipment provision or help to meet other specialist needs
- Instigation of advanced directives and discussion of end of life care with patients, close family and clinical agencies
- Increased support and training for other HCPs working with patients with advanced MS
To enable the delivery of the KPIs the post-holder will use their leadership skills and specialist MS knowledge to establish strong links with other key colleagues, both internally and externally including Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Community Services across the region.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate healthcare professional registration
- Extensive experience in MS and/or neurorehabilitation
- Recognised teaching qualification
- MS Development module (MS Trust)
- Educated to Degree/Masters level (or able to demonstrate working at this level)
- Postgraduate (MSc level) physical assessment qualification
- Evidence of academic development
- Evidence of Leadership, Management and Specialty Development
- Evidence of Advanced clinical skills
- Autonomous practitioner with the ability to work creatively within the boundaries of their knowledge to co-ordinate comprehensive patient care
- UK Driving licence- car owner & driver essential, ability to travel between hospital sites and patients' homes
Desirable
- Leadership module at degree level
- Working in Community setting
- Non-medical prescriber
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Appropriate healthcare professional registration
- Extensive experience in MS and/or neurorehabilitation
- Recognised teaching qualification
- MS Development module (MS Trust)
- Educated to Degree/Masters level (or able to demonstrate working at this level)
- Postgraduate (MSc level) physical assessment qualification
- Evidence of academic development
- Evidence of Leadership, Management and Specialty Development
- Evidence of Advanced clinical skills
- Autonomous practitioner with the ability to work creatively within the boundaries of their knowledge to co-ordinate comprehensive patient care
- UK Driving licence- car owner & driver essential, ability to travel between hospital sites and patients' homes
Desirable
- Leadership module at degree level
- Working in Community setting
- Non-medical prescriber
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
North Bristol NHS Trust
Address
North Bristol NHS Trust - Southmead Hospital
Southmead Road, Westbury-on Trym
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Employer's website
https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
